Country With A European Edge
I can hear the scottish influence, along with the scandanavian. Music like language tends to get absorbed into the conciousness. Like the blue grass harmonies. Very nice. Better ending needed I think. Oh and I like the drums.

.. it was fun to ride that 6/8 rhythm.... I might even explore some other time signatures in future... not something I've really bothered too much about to tell the truth but it does give a little inspiration boost.

Beatley
Alan - those harmonies remind me of some of the tight harmonies the Beatles used to do. I played my yellow tambourine along too - does that count as a collab?
I like this a lot. Is that a bass line or drums on the bottom?
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lol .. It does ..
.. if you record it ;) There is a GB soft inst. upright bass plonking away a bass part .. but any of my parts/tracks can of course be removed on request. I would have made the GB file available for download too, but I suspect not having the plug-ins I used would be a bit naff. Glad you liked it so far.

.. cracks me up everytime .. hehehe. Certainly drifting into the too much fun category ... I hear what you mean .. 'tis kinda drum syncopated guitar strumming... just happened as a result of the infectious beat. Cheers Vic.

where are you
this is a really cool song. Starts with a kind of beat that actually takes a few measures to catch on, but once it catches, your grooving all over the place! LOVE the tympany in the bridge, and the strings. Nice cool beat in the bridge as we anticipate one more chor- hey! the song ended!! I definitely hear one more chorus afer the change, but then I often see little goblins running around in my closet at night too, so I don't know how much to trust what I hear!

I think ..
.. those few bars to catch on was for me to also get in sync with the beat as well .. lol .. timpani is always fun. I think it will get longer like u suggest (minus the goblins) hehehe. Thanks Sigmund for stopping in for a listen, appreciated.

Alan
I love the content of this song- it's personal- in a way, hard to explain.... like I've sung this song before when I have my chronic loss of everything aphasia.... like you're talking to yourself whilst looking for keys, hat, wife, child, pager, phone, phone, phone, keys, keys, keys.... but finely nuanced. great arrangement and love the tambourine btw....

..exactly what I was after- you got it (don't lose it! hehe)... makes it (hopefully) easy for anyone to relate to- I like that common everyday occurance type thing .. but seldom sung about .. so why not? (they probably keep forgetting! Score one to the memory man!! .. hehehe. I think "key, hat, wife, child, pager, phone" could be used as lyrics!

Love the
way the drums drive this forward. You are right on the money with 'catchy' . The cello fits perfectly and sounds great.
Wonderful vocals. Looking forward to hearing where this will go. Great production.
Cheers
Len

.. I think I will tighten up that naked cello section a bit .. and perhaps add some more transition notes in the cello part overall (that I'm hearing now). Thanks for the vocal compliment- it seems the more relaxed, apathetic and care-free attitude/mood I'm in .. the better the vocals go. Hmm ..

Cool
I was absent for a long time, the head somewhere else and it is a pleasure to discover this song today, just in my return. I like very much this rhythm. Very nice piece, which sounds great with a high quality, Bravo!
Always a pleasure to hear you Alan...

Missing
I agree with what has been said above, but clearly the whole second half of the song is screaming for some ambitious soloists. I'll be noodling around to see if I can come up with anything, and hope that you get many others. A catchy beat like this should be a lot of fun to improvise over.

powerful
This is an extremely powerful and confident bit of craft and construction, Alan. Until it hit the 1:28 mark I was wondering why you'd want someone to step all over this glorious mix, but now I see (hear).

I'm not very fast or prolific but if I were to help out -- and you wanted me to -- I could try to add some leads. Something along the lines of the left-channel lead guitar on Ed "SloParts" Wemmerus' Good Time Girl. http://www.macjams.com/song/52841. I've got some things to finish first but let me know if you want me around!

Glad it sparked your interest. Feel free to play around with it and post the results yourself .. or throw them to me (into the melting pot) whatever is fine by me... above all, have some fun with it and no rush.

Ah .. I hear what u mean .. I like 'em both, so thanks for that major compliment (but I'm not that good!) .. hmm Barenaked Garfunkel! Eugh .. doesn't bear thinking about ... Simon and the Bare Ladies! .. hmm that's not such a good suggestion round here lol :o)

.. lots of songs, not enough hrs in the day .. I was quite pleased with how my vocals sat in this song .. and I recommend experimenting with different time signatures for inspiration and fun. The site/resource I used is http://jguitar.com (and I just snapped screenshots with the Grab app.)

I like how you give a chord
guide to your songs. Cool. Enjoyed this one. Has modern and retro aspects all in one package. Harmonies reminded me of smashmouth more than bluegrass but maybe that is just me. Great job. Thanks for the listen!

Great song+
Fun, inventive, good energy, well-produced and totally original. Can't believe it's free...Thanks!! Should anyone come up with a TV show called 'Where are you?' they'd already have their perfect theme song. I could listened to this once a week. For years!

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